Door-fastener



UNITE STATES PATENT OFFCE.

ELISHA P. MOULTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DOOR-FASTEN ER.

Speccation of Letters Patent N o. 14,773, dated April 29, 1856.

To a-ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELIsI-IA P. MoULToN, of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Turn- Button for Fastening Doors, Cupboards, Closets, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, of which- Figure l is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a back elavation; Fig. 3, a ground plan; Fig. 4f, a vertical sect-ion through (a-) and Fig. 5 a horizontal section through (aL-(Z) of Figs. l and 3, in which- (A) is the frame of the turn button, a portion of which forms a boX or casing having notches or spaces in their sides at (m) that serve as bearings for the stem of the button, which is kept in its place by the spring (C) having its ends inserted under the llet or flange The end of the stem (E) terminates in a collar (F) which bears against the sills of plate That portion of the stem which is opposite the spring (C) is square, so that the spring pressing against it will keep the button in its proper position When turned so as to keep the door shut or so as to allowy of its being opened, the head or cross piece of the button being at right angles to two opposite sides of the square part of the stem (E) and consequently parallel to the other two sides. The frame (A) has holes at and y) for the screws that fasten it to the frame of the door.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Constructing turn buttons or fasteners in the manner above described, the stem and head of the button being in one piece, and having a collar at its end that prevents the bfu'tton from being Withdrawn from its frame by the strain brought on the head of the button by the door which it secures, the

stem of the button having a square part that is pressed against by a spring in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described.

ELISHA P. MOULTON. 

